Police have been called in after parents brawled over dangerous parking outside a primary school.

In one shocking incident a dad was punched in the face outside St Margaret’s Primary in Whalley Range.

And when the M.E.N. went to the Church of England school at rush-hour yesterday our reporter saw two dads squaring up to each other after one blocked a T-junction on double yellow lines. In the shocking video of the incident, one dad can be seen getting out of his car to challenge another who had stopped on the wrong side of the road and was refusing to move.

Another parent had to separate the two men, who shouted abuse at each other, before one banged on the other’s car.

The incidents come just a week after an eight-year-old boy was hit on his way into school by a car driven by a parent.

He spent three days in hospital with abdominal injuries.

Police officers are now regularly patrolling streets around the school in mornings and afternoons.

Mum-of-one Lindsey Gibbons, 26, whose daughter attends the nursery at St Margaret’s, said: “Parents arguing with each other is a daily occurrence.

“PTA members who try to help get abuse too.”

See the video a two parents rowing outside the school gates below

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In a letter to parents sent out earlier this week, headteacher Alison White said she was ‘at a loss for words that parents or carers are still behaving in a manner that is putting children’s lives at risk’. The letter continues: “It further saddens me that members of my staff and myself are being put in situations where parents/carers cannot control their tempers and are resulting [sic] to violent behaviour or verbal abuse towards one another. If we do not change our behaviours a child is going to be killed. It could be your child.”

The dad was assaulted on Tuesday after challenging another parent over dangerous parking on Withington Road.

The victim, in his 30s, was crossing Withington Road with his son outside the school when he spotted another parent parked illegally on zigzag yellow lines at the entrance. After getting into an argument the driver, also a parent, got out of the car and punched the dad in the face.

The headteacher told the MEN: “The parking outside of school has been and continues to be a serious problem and the school has taken steps to alleviate the problem and is working with councillors and the police.

“We are extremely pleased that the school is going to be part of the new Smartcar patrol which will identify those parents who are not changing their behaviour. Ultimately I feel it’s the responsibility of the whole school community to ensure all our children are safe and this will only happen when all adults take responsibility for their actions.”

Below is another video of parents arguing outside St Margaret's School